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Abstract
Chemical substances that attract or repel cells. The concept denotes especially those factors released as a result of tissue injury, microbial invasion, or immunologic activity, that attract LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; or other cells to the site of infection or insult.
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Synonyms
13 entry terms
- Chemoattractant
- Chemoattractants
- Chemotactic Factor
- Chemotaxin
- Chemotaxins
- Factor, Chemotactic
- Chemotactic Factors, Macrophage
- Cytotaxinogens
- Cytotaxins
- Macrophage Chemotactic Factor
- Macrophage Chemotactic Factors
- Chemotactic Factor, Macrophage
- Factor, Macrophage Chemotactic
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28 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
/biosyn /physiol permitted
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History Note
1980
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Previous Indexing
- Chemotaxis (1966-1979)
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte (1977-1979)
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- D23.125
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chemotactic Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002630. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002630
- Chemotactic Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76617953